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    Gateway Ventures

    Vienna, AustriaFounded 2015
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    Gateway Ventures (legally G8Way Ventures GmbH, formerly primeCROWD GmbH) is a Vienna-based venture capital firm and startup investment platform that connects private investors with curated European startups from €10,000, guided by an experienced VC team. The firm invests across sectors including fintech, proptech, Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, and healthcare.

    Deal activity increased 300% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (56% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $4.2M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    14

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    Florian Übelacker

    Florian Übelacker

    Venture Partner

    Robert Sandmann

    Robert Sandmann

    Venture Partner

    Sabine Flechet

    Sabine Flechet

    Venture Partner

    Thomas Weidner

    Thomas Weidner

    Venture Partner

    Adrian Rhomberg

    Adrian Rhomberg

    Senior Investment Associate

    Matthias Hofreiter

    Matthias Hofreiter

    Investment Manager

    Alessandro Chalimba

    Alessandro Chalimba

    Head of Product and Technology

    Christian Gerencser

    Christian Gerencser

    Head of Portfolio

    Isabela Stanojevic

    Isabela Stanojevic

    Accounting & Controlling

    Julian Pfeifer

    Julian Pfeifer

    Head of Strategy & Investments

    Lucca Röck

    Lucca Röck

    Portfolio Manager

    Markus Kainz

    Markus Kainz

    CEO & Gründer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    18 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    VitreaLab logoVitreaLabSeries A$11MJan 2026
    Somareality logoSomarealitySeries A—Jan 2026
    AUI logoAUISeries B—Nov 2025
    TTip a ScRxiptSeed$500KOct 2025
    hypt logohyptSeed—Sep 2025
    TeamEcho logoTeamEchoSeed—Aug 2025
    hey circle logohey circleSeed—Mar 2024
    SAIZ logoSAIZSeed—Jan 2024
    Fairown logoFairownSeed—Jan 2024
    hey circle logohey circleSeed—Jan 2024
    hey circle logohey circleSeed—Jan 2023
    Orderlion logoOrderlionSeries A$4MNov 2022
    Orderlion logoOrderlionSeed—Nov 2022
    Talkie.ai logoTalkie.aiUnknown—Jul 2022
    e-mobilio logoe-mobilioSeries A——
    Tripmakery logoTripmakeryUnknown$1.1M—
    Ee-mobilioSeries A——
    Somareality logoSomarealitySeed——

    Top Co-Investors

    seed + speed Ventures5 shared
    ZAKA VC3 shared
    Rockstart2 shared
    Startup Wise Guys2 shared
    New Era Capital Partners1 shared
    4growth VC1 shared
    Movens Capital1 shared
    Alt Capital1 shared
    Nyca Partners1 shared
    SixThirty Ventures1 shared
    Constructor Capital1 shared
    Hermann Hauser Investment1 shared
    APEX Ventures1 shared
    LIFTT1 shared
    PhotonVentures1 shared
    XISTA Science Ventures1 shared
    Moveon Technologies1 shared
    Salica Investments1 shared
    Houghton Street Ventures1 shared
    Speedinvest1 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026